Table: "Religious Groups, Members/Adherents, In Texas, 1990 "; pg. 7: Texas pop. (1990 U.S. census): 16,986,335; "Data based on reports from 133 church bodies. "; This figure is from MEMBERS column ( "Members " in this study includes only communicant, confirmed members with full membership status), not the more inclusive "adherents " column.

Table: "Religious Groups, Members/Adherents, In Texas, 1990 "; pg. 7: Texas pop. (1990 U.S. census): 16,986,335; "Data based on reports from 133 church bodies. "; This figure is from ADHERENT column ( "Adherents " defined as all members, incl. regular participants not considered as communicant.), not the more restrictive "member " column.

Table 5.3: "Church of the Nazarene Membership, 1906-1986 "; Sources: Bureau of the Census (1941) and Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches 1988).

Church of the Nazarene

USA

63,558

-

-

-

1926

Ahlstrom, Sydney E. A Religious History of the American People; Yale University Press: New Haven & London (1973); pg. 920.

"Between 1926 and 1936... the Church of the Nazarene grew from 63,558 to 136,227 and the Assemblies of God from 47,950 to 148,043, and this at a time when the large mainstream denominations [were in] drastic decline... "

Table 5.3: "Church of the Nazarene Membership, 1906-1986 "; Sources: Bureau of the Census (1941) and Yearbook of American and Canadian Churches 1988).

Church of the Nazarene

USA

136,227

-

-

-

1936

Ahlstrom, Sydney E. A Religious History of the American People; Yale University Press: New Haven & London (1973); pg. 920.

"Between 1926 and 1936... the Church of the Nazarene grew from 63,558 to 136,227 and the Assemblies of God from 47,950 to 148,043, and this at a time when the large mainstream denominations [were in] drastic decline... "

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